Mania Symptoms

Please find below the "highs" of bipolar disorder:

• Excessive energy
• Hyperactivity
• Restlessness
• Racing thoughts
• Enhanced mental and physical activity and energy
• Elevation of mood,
• Refusing that anything is wrong
• Very great blissful or high feelings; an individual may feel his/herself on top of the universe and nothing, including bad news or tragic events, can alter this “happiness.”
• Being optimistic more than the reality
• Exaggeration of self confidence
• Talking very fast
• Unusual sexual drive
• Extreme irritability
• Negative and aggressive behavior
• The reduced need for sleep without experiencing fatigue
• Problem with judgment
• Impulsiveness
• Diminished need for sleep – patient may last for days with little or no sleep without feeling tired
• The loss of concentration
• Irresponsible behavior
• High flying thoughts
• Increased sense of self importance
• Flight of ideas
• Believing that nothing could stop him/her
• Easily irritated or distracted
• Racing speech
• Racing thoughts
• Hallucinations and delusions in severe cases
• Keeping a type of behavior that is far different from the usual
• Dressing or acting differently than he/she usually does

How patients are diagnosed with a manic episode of bipolar disorder?

The patient with bipolar disorder may be diagnosed with a manic episode if the elevated mood is present with 3 or more of the other signs and symptoms most of the day, almost every day for one week or longer. If the patient’s mood is irritable, 4 additional symptoms should exist.